Travel Guides

Great Orchestras of the World

Through its Great Orchestras of the World Series, George
Enescu's International Festival reaches the top of the
international classical music events. The Series features the most
prominent orchestras worldwide, notorious for holding the headline
on major scenes of the world, including Lisbon's Coliseu dos
Recreios.

Lisbon becomes a place of grandeur when these enchanting
orchestras visit the city. The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
presents its Grandes Orquestras Mundiais series, which include the
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra from
St Petersburg, Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra and the Simón
Bolívar Youth Orchestra.